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1953 American League Pitching Leaders
1952 AL
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1954 AL
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1953 NL
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1953 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lopat
(NYY)
2.422
2.
Pierce
(CHW)
2.720
3.
Trucks
(TOT)
2.928
4.
Ford
(NYY)
3.000
Sain
(NYY)
3.000
6.
McDermott
(BOS)
3.010
7.
Parnell
(BOS)
3.062
8.
Garcia
(CLE)
3.247
9.
Raschi
(NYY)
3.331
10.
Porterfield
(WSH)
3.353
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Porterfield
(WSH)
22
2.
Lemon
(CLE)
21
Parnell
(BOS)
21
4.
Trucks
(TOT)
20
5.
McDermott
(BOS)
18
Garcia
(CLE)
18
Ford
(NYY)
18
Pierce
(CHW)
18
9.
Wynn
(CLE)
17
10.
Lopat
(NYY)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lopat
(NYY)
.800
2.
Ford
(NYY)
.750
3.
Parnell
(BOS)
.724
4.
Porterfield
(WSH)
.688
5.
Raschi
(NYY)
.684
6.
Trucks
(TOT)
.667
Sain
(NYY)
.667
Garcia
(CLE)
.667
9.
Reynolds
(NYY)
.650
10.
Brown
(BOS)
.647
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lopat
(NYY)
1.127
2.
Raschi
(NYY)
1.133
3.
Pierce
(CHW)
1.172
4.
Sain
(NYY)
1.238
5.
Porterfield
(WSH)
1.239
6.
Masterson
(WSH)
1.245
7.
Garcia
(CLE)
1.255
8.
Trucks
(TOT)
1.260
9.
Feller
(CLE)
1.269
10.
Kellner
(PHA)
1.294
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pierce
(CHW)
7.165
2.
McDermott
(BOS)
7.372
3.
Raschi
(NYY)
7.459
4.
Masterson
(WSH)
7.846
5.
Trucks
(TOT)
7.967
6.
Parnell
(BOS)
8.104
7.
Ford
(NYY)
8.130
8.
Shea
(WSH)
8.253
9.
Feller
(CLE)
8.351
10.
Wynn
(CLE)
8.368
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lopat
(NYY)
1.615
2.
Sain
(NYY)
2.143
3.
Kellner
(PHA)
2.276
4.
Porterfield
(WSH)
2.577
5.
Hoeft
(DET)
2.641
6.
Garcia
(CLE)
2.683
7.
Raschi
(NYY)
2.735
8.
Houtteman
(TOT)
2.736
9.
Hudson
(BOS)
2.827
10.
Larsen
(SLB)
2.990
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pierce
(CHW)
6.170
2.
Gray
(DET)
5.881
3.
Masterson
(WSH)
5.140
4.
Parnell
(BOS)
5.079
5.
Trucks
(TOT)
5.073
6.
Wynn
(CLE)
4.935
7.
Ford
(NYY)
4.783
8.
Byrd
(PHA)
4.639
9.
Larsen
(SLB)
4.484
10.
Garcia
(CLE)
4.439
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kinder
(BOS)
69
2.
Stuart
(SLB)
60
3.
Martin
(PHA)
58
4.
Paige
(SLB)
57
5.
Dorish
(CHW)
55
6.
Hooper
(CLE)
43
Dixon
(WSH)
43
Herbert
(DET)
43
9.
Marlowe
(DET)
42
10.
Reynolds
(NYY)
41
Lemon
(CLE)
41
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kinder
(BOS)
27
2.
Dorish
(CHW)
18
3.
Reynolds
(NYY)
13
4.
Paige
(SLB)
11
5.
Sain
(NYY)
9
6.
Hooper
(CLE)
7
Stuart
(SLB)
7
Martin
(PHA)
7
9.
Gorman
(NYY)
6
Herbert
(DET)
6
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lemon
(CLE)
286.2
2.
Garcia
(CLE)
271.2
3.
Pierce
(CHW)
271.1
4.
Trucks
(TOT)
264.1
5.
Porterfield
(WSH)
255.0
6.
Wynn
(CLE)
251.2
7.
Parnell
(BOS)
241.0
8.
Byrd
(PHA)
236.2
9.
Fricano
(PHA)
211.0
10.
Ford
(NYY)
207.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pierce
(CHW)
186
2.
Trucks
(TOT)
149
3.
Wynn
(CLE)
138
4.
Parnell
(BOS)
136
5.
Garcia
(CLE)
134
6.
Byrd
(PHA)
122
7.
Gray
(DET)
115
8.
Ford
(NYY)
110
9.
Littlefield
(SLB)
104
10.
Lemon
(CLE)
98
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Byrd
(PHA)
37
2.
Lemon
(CLE)
36
3.
Garcia
(CLE)
35
4.
Wynn
(CLE)
34
Parnell
(BOS)
34
6.
Pierce
(CHW)
33
Trucks
(TOT)
33
8.
Porterfield
(WSH)
32
9.
Ford
(NYY)
30
McDermott
(BOS)
30
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Porterfield
(WSH)
24
2.
Lemon
(CLE)
23
3.
Garcia
(CLE)
21
4.
Pierce
(CHW)
19
5.
Trucks
(TOT)
17
6.
Wynn
(CLE)
16
7.
Kellner
(PHA)
14
8.
Garver
(DET)
13
9.
Parnell
(BOS)
12
10.
Byrd
(PHA)
11
Ford
(NYY)
11
Shea
(WSH)
11
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Porterfield
(WSH)
9
2.
Pierce
(CHW)
7
3.
Trucks
(TOT)
5
Lemon
(CLE)
5
Parnell
(BOS)
5
6.
Raschi
(NYY)
4
Masterson
(WSH)
4
McDermott
(BOS)
4
9.
Lopat
(NYY)
3
Garcia
(CLE)
3
Ford
(NYY)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gray
(DET)
25
2.
Hoeft
(DET)
24
3.
Byrd
(PHA)
23
4.
Fricano
(PHA)
21
5.
Pierce
(CHW)
20
6.
Wynn
(CLE)
19
Porterfield
(WSH)
19
8.
Trucks
(TOT)
18
Garcia
(CLE)
18
10.
Rogovin
(CHW)
17
Gromek
(TOT)
17
Littlefield
(SLB)
17
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Parnell
(BOS)
116
2.
Byrd
(PHA)
115
3.
Ford
(NYY)
110
Lemon
(CLE)
110
5.
McDermott
(BOS)
109
6.
Wynn
(CLE)
107
7.
Pierce
(CHW)
102
8.
Trucks
(TOT)
99
9.
Fricano
(PHA)
90
10.
Bishop
(PHA)
86
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lemon
(CLE)
283
2.
Byrd
(PHA)
279
3.
Garcia
(CLE)
260
4.
Porterfield
(WSH)
243
5.
Trucks
(TOT)
234
Wynn
(CLE)
234
7.
Garver
(DET)
228
8.
Hoeft
(DET)
223
9.
Parnell
(BOS)
217
10.
Pierce
(CHW)
216
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sain
(NYY)
1.867
2.
Pierce
(CHW)
1.824
3.
Garcia
(CLE)
1.654
4.
Kellner
(PHA)
1.588
5.
Lopat
(NYY)
1.563
6.
Hoeft
(DET)
1.552
7.
Masterson
(WSH)
1.532
8.
Gray
(DET)
1.513
9.
Trucks
(TOT)
1.505
10.
Larsen
(SLB)
1.500
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kellner
(PHA)
.357
2.
McDermott
(BOS)
.393
3.
Lemon
(CLE)
.502
4.
Larsen
(SLB)
.514
5.
Raschi
(NYY)
.547
6.
Parnell
(BOS)
.560
7.
Ford
(NYY)
.565
8.
Garcia
(CLE)
.596
9.
Shea
(WSH)
.601
10.
Trucks
(TOT)
.613
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Byrd
(PHA)
20
2.
Gray
(DET)
15
Lemon
(CLE)
15
4.
Hoeft
(DET)
14
Bishop
(PHA)
14
6.
Houtteman
(TOT)
13
Brecheen
(SLB)
13
Pillette
(SLB)
13
9.
Fricano
(PHA)
12
Pierce
(CHW)
12
Masterson
(WSH)
12
Martin
(PHA)
12
Littlefield
(SLB)
12
Kellner
(PHA)
12
Larsen
(SLB)
12
Rogovin
(CHW)
12
Wynn
(CLE)
12
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Byrd
(PHA)
145
2.
Wynn
(CLE)
110
3.
Lemon
(CLE)
107
4.
Hoeft
(DET)
106
5.
Bishop
(PHA)
101
6.
Garver
(DET)
98
Garcia
(CLE)
98
8.
Porterfield
(WSH)
95
9.
Houtteman
(TOT)
91
Fricano
(PHA)
91
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kellner
(PHA)
10
2.
Lemon
(CLE)
9
3.
Brown
(BOS)
7
Blyzka
(SLB)
7
Fanovich
(PHA)
7
Trucks
(TOT)
7
Martin
(PHA)
7
Parnell
(BOS)
7
9.
Herbert
(DET)
6
Byrd
(PHA)
6
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Byrd
(PHA)
14
2.
Lemon
(CLE)
11
3.
Gromek
(TOT)
9
Houtteman
(TOT)
9
5.
Martin
(PHA)
8
6.
Scarborough
(TOT)
7
Trucks
(TOT)
7
Scheib
(PHA)
7
Gray
(DET)
7
10.
Fanovich
(PHA)
6
Gorman
(NYY)
6
Dorish
(CHW)
6
Fricano
(PHA)
6
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lemon
(CLE)
1216
2.
Garcia
(CLE)
1133
3.
Pierce
(CHW)
1113
4.
Trucks
(TOT)
1101
5.
Byrd
(PHA)
1090
6.
Wynn
(CLE)
1077
7.
Porterfield
(WSH)
1036
Parnell
(BOS)
1036
9.
Fricano
(PHA)
909
10.
Ford
(NYY)
882
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kinder
(BOS)
51
2.
Martin
(PHA)
41
3.
Dorish
(CHW)
37
4.
Paige
(SLB)
34
5.
Stuart
(SLB)
30
6.
Hooper
(CLE)
26
7.
Reynolds
(NYY)
23
8.
Herbert
(DET)
22
9.
Dixon
(WSH)
20
10.
Sain
(NYY)
19
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lopat
(NYY)
153
2.
Pierce
(CHW)
148
3.
Trucks
(TOT)
140
4.
McDermott
(BOS)
139
5.
Parnell
(BOS)
137
6.
Ford
(NYY)
124
7.
Sain
(NYY)
124
8.
Hudson
(BOS)
119
9.
Porterfield
(WSH)
117
10.
Garcia
(CLE)
116
1952 AL
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Pitching Leaders